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I kid you not, ive seen Nepalis building a house using a loooong line of people passing shallow dishes of cement along to the top of the building. It certainly looked like exactly this kind of job creation scheme... Friedman can fuck off, though.
Many hands make light work, especially if the machine for the job isn't available for whatever reason. But if the reason is "the guy next to you needs a job too" then the actual problem isn't being addressed.
Yeah if you need more jobs either find work that's good to do but normally can't be justified like the American CCC did or cut hours for similar pay
I know what this is. It makes sense in rough terrain where it is hard to get machinery to, even disassembled, but at the same time has no shortage of willing labour.
Its very effective during disaster recovery.
This was in Kathmandu, so not exactly rough terrain.
If they were smart, they would make a bigger dish out of cement, to carry the cement.
TBF, bigger dishes would be heavier, which would slow down the line and might reduce how many hours the people in it can go.
Are you arguing with my all-knowing genius? Bad post, no points. Worst post trade of all time.
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Depending on the labor costs, it could be cheaper than a cement mixer and pouring concrete